CRP and diabetes mellitus: The multiple linear regression results showed that the QUS-T score and BMCI remain significantly correlated with the BMD of the total hip and femoral neck after adjusting for age, sex, fracture history, coronary artery disease, diabetes, weight, vitamin D analogs and phosphorus binder usage, glucocorticoid therapy, dialysis vintage, calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone, CRP, and potential contenders, while correlation with the lumbar spine was no longer visible (Table 5).